Heredity

Two-gene theory: gene A

X-linked, autosomal
Handy, X-linked

Map, sex distribution,

Father to an affected 8
Either parents of male manics.

Phasic Angst
The usual female

Unipolar recurrent.
Or 8 affected fathers.

X atypical crossings.
Children of doubly Angst.

In early life
Abraham has entered.

Gene B.

Sad people usually tend to be more silent
Than their wont.

No psychopath bears a Mantel
Philosophy.

Loss of a love-object,
Of little aid.

The gulf between ego and super-
Ego bridged.

Projects self without reserve or
Inhibition.

Psychodynamic study of elation
Introjected:

Eroticism, ‘vital depressions’.

Abraham also lays
Libido at the oral level.

Jasper Glen is from Vancouver, Canada. He holds a BA in Philosophy and a JD. Poems appear in AGOTT, Amsterdam Quarterly, BlazeVOX, Cathexis Northwest Press, Phantom Kangaroo, Posit, WordCity Literary Journal, and elsewhere.